John Shields /Catherine Houston or Tiernan Family Yuba City, CA area

John Shields /Catherine Houston or Tiernan Family Yuba City, CA area

Looking for information on John Shields and his wife, Catherine Houston/Housten or Tiernan who came to Yuba City area c 1881-1885. They had one son, Joseph, born in New Jersey in 1880 and may have emigrated there from Ireland.

Catherine's last name is listed as Housten on her son's baptismal record but some in the family say her last name was Tiernan.